vim_cheats.md

Plugin related mappings

Open bufexplorer and see and manage the current buffers:

map <leader>o :BufExplorer<cr>

Open and manage tabs

map <leader>tn :tabnew<cr>
map <leader>tc :tabclose<cr>
map <leader>to :tabonly<cr>
gt (goto next tab) 
gT (goto prev tab)

Surround the visual selection in parenthesis/brackets/etc.:

vnoremap $1 <esc>`>a)<esc>`<i(<esc>
vnoremap $2 <esc>`>a]<esc>`<i[<esc>
vnoremap $3 <esc>`>a}<esc>`<i{<esc>
vnoremap $$ <esc>`>a"<esc>`<i"<esc>
vnoremap $q <esc>`>a'<esc>`<i'<esc>
vnoremap $e <esc>`>a"<esc>`<i"<esc>

Spell checking

Pressing ss will toggle and untoggle spell checking

map <leader>ss :setlocal spell!<cr>

Shortcuts using instead of special chars

map <leader>sn ]s
map <leader>sp [s
map <leader>sa zg
map <leader>s? z=

Open MRU.vim and see the recently open files:

map <leader>f :MRU<CR>

Open ctrlp.vim plugin:

let g:ctrlp_map = '<c-f>'

Once CtrlP is open:

<F5> to purge the cache for the current directory to get new files, remove deleted files and apply new ignore options.
<c-f> and <c-b> to cycle between modes.
<c-d> to switch to filename only search instead of full path.
<c-r> to switch to regexp mode.
<c-j>, <c-k> or the arrow keys to navigate the result list.
<c-t> or <c-v>, <c-x> to open the selected entry in a new tab or in a new split.
<c-n>, <c-p> to select the next/previous string in the prompt's history.
<c-y> to create a new file and its parent directories.
<c-z> to mark/unmark multiple files and <c-o> to open them.

:help ctrlp-mappings or submit ? in CtrlP for more mapping help.

.. to go up the directory tree by one or multiple levels.
End the input string with a colon : followed by a command to execute it on the opening file(s):
:25 to jump to line 25.
:diffthis when opening multiple files to run :diffthis on the first 4 files.

Open PeepOpen plugin:

map <leader>j :PeepOpen<cr>

Managing the NERD Tree plugin:

map <leader>nn :NERDTreeToggle<cr>
map <leader>nb :NERDTreeFromBookmark 
map <leader>nf :NERDTreeFind<cr>